The U.S. Senate voted 50-48 along party lines on Wednesday to confirm President Trump’s Republican NLRB nominee, John Ring, restoring the Board to a full complement of five members. This once again gives Republicans a 3-2 majority on the Board, which has operated with a 2-2 Republican-Democrat deadlock since December 16, when Republican Chairman Philip Miscimarra’s term expired. Just prior to Miscimarra’s departure in December, the Board issued a flurry of decisions overturning a number of Obama-era precedents:
- A Final Bow from Miscimarra Lessens Employer Bargaining Obligations
- All the King’s Horses and All the King’s Men CAN Put Humpty Dumpty Together Again: NLRB Overrules Specialty Healthcare, Potentially Reducing Number of Fractured Bargaining Units
- NLRB Delivers Early Holiday Gifts to Employers
- And So It Begins…Trump NLRB Overturns Obama NLRB Precedent for First Time